[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 441 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                          May 20, 1998.
    Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the Speaker 
may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule XXIII, declare the House resolved into the 
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration 
of the bill (H.R. 3616) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for fiscal year 1999, and for other purposes. No further 
general debate shall be in order. The bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the five-minute rule.
    Sec. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the 
purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on National Security now printed in the 
bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered 
as read. All points of order against the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute are waived.
    (b) No amendment to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 
shall be in order except the amendments printed in the report of the Committee 
on Rules accompanying this resolution and amendments en bloc described in 
section 3 of this resolution.
    (c) Except as specified in section 5 of this resolution, each amendment 
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the 
order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the 
report, shall be considered as read, and shall not be subject to a demand for 
division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. Unless 
otherwise specified in the report, each amendment printed in the report shall be 
debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent and shall not be subject to amendment (except that the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on National Security each may offer one 
pro forma amendment for the purpose of further debate on any pending amendment).
    (d) All points of order against amendments printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this 
resolution are waived.
    (e)(1) Consideration of the amendments in part A of the report of the 
Committee on Rules shall begin with an additional period of general debate, 
which shall be confined to the subject of the policy of the United States with 
respect to the People's Republic of China and shall not exceed two hours equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on National Security.
    (2) Consideration of the amendments in part C of the report of the Committee 
on Rules shall begin with an additional period of general debate, which shall be 
confined to the subject of the assignment of members of the armed forces to 
assist in border control and shall not exceed 30 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
National Security.
    Sec. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman of the Committee 
on National Security or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of 
amendments printed in part D of the report of the Committee on Rules not earlier 
disposed of germane modifications of any such amendment. Amendments en bloc 
offered pursuant to this section shall be considered as read (except that 
modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on National Security or their designees, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in 
the House or in the Committee of the Whole. For the purpose of inclusion in such 
amendments en bloc, an amendment printed in the form of a motion to strike may 
be modified to the form of a germane perfecting amendment to the text originally 
proposed to be stricken. The original proponent of an amendment included in such 
amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional Record 
immediately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc.
    Sec. 4. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a 
time during further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for a 
recorded vote on any amendments; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time 
for electronic voting on any postponed question that follows another electronic 
vote without intervening business, provided that the minimum time for electronic 
voting on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.
    Sec. 5. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may recognize for 
consideration of any amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 
out of the order printed, but not sooner than one hour after the chairman of the 
Committee on National Security or a designee announces from the floor a request 
to that effect.
    Sec. 6. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 
Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as 
may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House on any 
amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 
without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.